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Elijah Wood

actor

Born: American

Elijah Jordan Wood is an American actor and producer. A prominent child actor of the 1990s and a prolific figure in major studio features of the early 2000s, his accolades include two Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Wood made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989) at the age of eight and achieved recognition in the early 1990s as a child actor with roles such as Avalon (1990), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in the films North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Wood achieved international fame in the early 2000s for playing the hobbit Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

As an adult, Wood appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017).

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American actor

Elijah Wood's Historical Timeline

  1. Elijah Wood is born

    Elijah Wood, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1981-01-28. Elijah Jordan Wood is an American actor and producer.

  2. "The Return of the King," the third and final film in the Lord of the Rings series, directed by Peter Jackson and starri

    "The Return of the King," the third and final film in the Lord of the Rings series, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand

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When was Elijah Wood born?
Elijah Wood was born on 1981-01-28 (American).
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American actor
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Elijah Wood was involved in 2 recorded historical events, including Elijah Wood is born, "The Return of the King," the third and final film in the Lord of the Rings series, directed by Peter Jackson and starri.

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